A Midsummer-Night’s Dream In William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, the story takes place in mythical Athens. Thereus, the reigning Duke, has taken over the Amazons and has fallen in love with their beautiful Queen Hippolyta. As the play opens, he proclaims that their wedding is to take place in five days, which is the Midsummer’s Eve, a time of great rejoicing and mischief among the fairies who live in the …showed first 75 words of 667 total…

…showed last 75 words of 667 total…has fallen in love with Helena. To add a comment about the play, Hippolyta says, “This is the silliest stuff I have ever heard” (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 408). This view is shared by everyone as they laughed so hard and they figured it was a true comedy. After they play, everyone lives happily ever after…? Works Cited Wright, William Aldis. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1936.